He Married His Enemy (MTME BOOK 2)

HMHE I

HMHE I

Gab's POV

"Give me a minute. Nilda!" I called my assistant. "Were you able to finish the reports for the Samaniego's?"
"Y-Yes Ma'am."
"Good. Print them out then bring them to the meeting later."
"O-Okay po Ma'am."
I'm not usually this nervous but we have a big investor to meet. These past few days, madalas kong masigawan ang mga empleyado ko dahil na
rin sa pag-iintindi. Well, can't be helped. Para rin naman 'to sa ikabubuti ng kumpanyang pinagtatrabahuhan nila. At ang kamalian ng isa, kamalian ng lahat. And that includes me.
"Ano pang tinatayo-tayo mo diyan? Move? Get going. We only have an hour before the meeting." Mula nang makagraduate ako, ako na ang pinaghandle ni Papa ng buong kumpanya. Although hindi pa naman ito totally sa akin. He's still the owner. It will only be handed down to me once na ma-prove ko raw na deserving na ako talaga for the position. And the second one is, if some unfortunate events happen. Knock on wood, if he dies. Well, it'll be better not to have the company, kesa naman sa mawala ang Papa ko. So here I am, working my ass out just to show everyone, including the board   members that I, Gabriella Marie Sy-Tan, can do the job better than anyone else.
"Ma'am Gab, si Ma'am Jena po kasi--"
Napabitaw ako sa mga papeles na nirereview ko at napahilot sa sintido
ko. "Nasan  na naman ang magaling kong trabahador?"
"E pinapasabi po ni Sir Julius na kikidnapin daw po muna niya si Ma'am de Belen."
"Hindi mo man lang pinigilan?"
"Ma'am, ka-kasi po--"
"Forget it." I shut her up with my right hand. Malilintikan talaga sa akin ang dalawang 'yun. I tried calling my dear traitor bestfriend but to no avail. Humanda talaga sila sa akin. What the heck? "That bastard's gonna be dead before sunrise."

It's been 1 year and 6 months to be exact since the incident with Alex. Ang huling balita ko sa kaniya, she's continuing her therapy abroad. Mabuti na rin 'yun dahil mas mabilis ang magiging recovery niya kung malayo siya sa source of stress niya. Why am I even minding other people's business? I have an important meeting to attend to. I can't let any distraction get in the way. 45 minutes passed by in an instant. Tumayo lang ako nang tawagin ako ni Nilda para pumunta sa conference room. And to my surprise, walang katao-tao. Seriously? What's happening today? The last time I checked, hindi naman Friday the 13th ngayon.
"Where's everybody?" Galit kong hinampas ang podium. I saw Nilda talking to somebody on the phone and she looks like she just saw a ghost when she hang up. I gave her a questioning look and arched an eyebrow.
"Uhm, Ma'am--"
"I know for sure we are not in the wrong room, and that today is the 2nd of June. What am I missing, Nilda?" I'm starting to get piss off. And this secretary of mine knows she won't like me when I'm like this.

"Ma'am kakatawag lang po ng Samaniego's Corporation." Humalukipkip ako habang sinubukan kong icontain ang inis ko. "Hindi raw po makakarating si Mr. Samaniego."

I inhaled a deep breath and shut my eyes while anticipating her next word."Because?"

"Hi-Hindi pa raw po handang ma-makipagclose ng deal ang Presidente nila." Kitang-kita ko ang kaba sa mukha ng sekretarya ko pero wala akong panahong aluin siya dahil ako mismo, hindi ko alam kung paano ko papakalamahin ang sarili ko. This is going to be my first ever big deal to show to the Board what my capabilities are, pero mukhang failure na naman. Hindi ito ang unang beses na nagcancel ng meeting ang lintik na kumpanyang 'yan. This is the third time na ginawa nila ito. Ilang linggo kong plinantsa ang proposal namin para lang mapirmahan na nila agad. I even told the board that by the end of the week, we'll be partners with that company. Anong kahihiyan na naman 'to? Malaman ko lang talaga kung sino ang Presidente ng bwisit na kumpanyang 'yan, makikita niya ang babaeng makakalaban n'ya.

"Ma'am," manginig-nginig na tawag sa akin ni Nilda, "paano po sila Director Jaime at Director Uychingco? Ano pong ipepresent natin sa kanila sa Biyernes?"